Naruto: Upcoming Boruto Episode Will Feature Sasuke, Jiraiya Tag-Team

Boruto is busy these days with its new arc, but it has plenty more to come. The sequel began a time-travel arc a couple weeks back, but the story got started for real this past weekend. It was there fans saw Boruto meet a much younger version of his dad, and it turns out Naruto is going to be in for a surprise soon enough.

After all, a brand-new preview for Boruto has surfaced online, and it doesn’t bode well for Naruto. Despite Sasuke vowing to protect the young ninja from Urashiki, the Otsutsuki will get his hands on Naruto and force the Uchiha to team up with an unexpected ally.

Recently, the preview for episode 131 went live, and it included a brief synopsis for the release. It turns out the upcoming episode will see Urashiki return to the Leaf Village and kidnap Naruto despite his protective detail. In order to save the boy, Sasuke must team up with Boruto and Jiraiya, and fans are geeking out over the team up.

It isn’t unusual to see Boruto and Sasuke working together by any means; After all, the Uchiha has become one of Boruto’s mentors. What is different is seeing Sasuke work with Jiraiya. In the past, the two characters never got along, but Jiraiya hoped Sasuke would not go down the same path as Orochimaru did. The Legendary Sannin had hope Naruto could change Sasuke for the best, but he was killed long before Sasuke returned to the Leaf Village. Now, fans will get to see how Sasuke and Jiraiya work together in battle, and fans are sure the over-powered ninja will leave Urashiki reeling.

Are you excited to see this surprising team take on Urashiki? Let me know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB to talk all things comics and anime!

Originally created by Masashi Kishimoto for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, Naruto follows a young ninja, with a sealed demon within him, that wishes to become the leader of his home village. The series ran for 700 chapters overall, and was adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex that ran from 2002 to 2017. The series was popular enough to warrant a sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations which is set several years after the events of the original Naruto story and features the children of many of its key characters such as Naruto and Hinata.